10 music videos.

'Welcome to the Jungle' Guns and Roses


Genre: Rock/Heavy Metal.
Without looking at the music video you get the impression from listening to the lyrics and the music that the video would contain a harsh city environment, urban lifestyle, outdoors, fast pace movement and a very masculin theme.
Set in the Mid 80's.
Shot types involved are medium shots/long shots and a few close up shots of Axl Rose (lead singer and the sex appeal for audience). Two shots are also incorporated into the video mainly of Axl and a bandmate to signifie he is the main appeal and the most important factor.
Shots of instruments, guitar and drums documented as a live show, to signifie how important the music.
Shots of audience also included, to suggest the idea of 'authentic music ability' makes the audience want to get invloved ad they can relate to being at a live gig.
Male Gaze theory used 'Laura Mulvey' shots of women exposing their bodies to appeal to male audience.
The clothing used in the video adds to the mise en scene and appears to be very feminine (leather trousers, eyeliner, longhair, tights clothing) possibly appealing the the minority of the target audience which is female.

paramore 'the only exception'

Rock/Indie
Two shot of couple laying down to show closeness/
close up of singers expression to show sadness
close up of sorry note to provide exposition.
sad low tone- breaking up with boyfriend which is the narrative.
Not stereotypicaly 'sexy' female often seen in plain black clothing which is fairly masculin however some shots in dresses with slight skin showing providing small male gaze theory.
Theme of marriage appeals to women dreams.
Instruments shots to show importance and shots of crowds to draw the audience in and make them want to be there.
Happy ending-appeals to female audiences 'fairytale ending' and american audiences 'american dream'
beyonce 'Diva'

R&B, Hip hop, Pop
Male gaze- exposed female bodies, shorts, small tops.
Fashion forward, futuristic clothing suggesting modernism and the present which appeals to women from a fashion point of view.
The lyrics 'diva' and 'hustler' signify the idea of the 'the hood'
the locations of the abandoned warehouse also suggests the idea of the hood and not much wealth, however the clothing and gold manakens fo suggest wealth however 'dirty money'
Beyonce is in all the shots, with an all female dancers, this signifys independance in women which appeals to female audiences.
Some tracking shots of beyonce at beginning and end walking, confident strut.
Black and white effect , seriousness of the mood. slightly angry however may suggest there is no need for colour as the lyrics, artist and mise en scene is so strong and bold already.
The smiths 'A Charming man'


Northern English Rock.
Quality not brilliant- old fashioned. MID 80S.
Roses on the floor signifys old school romance- female audience.
hairstyles- oldfashioned and retro.
Jewellry worn my main singer- feminine and baby blue suit.
Main singer in most shots-appeal to womean.
Location: white room which signifys simplicity.
swinging flowers: could signify broken romance or a symbol of romance.
M.I.A Paper planes


Alternative Rap/Hip Hop/Soul
Clothing:Urban hoodies, gold hoops related to youth and new modern age.
M.I.A not stereotypicaly sexy but still wears leather trousers and there are close up shots of that (male gaze)
Themes- MONEY CRIME AND FAME. -young audience and both genders.
bright colours-youth.
Short hair on girl-masculin.
accent-london, appeals to british audience, global audiences may not be attracted to it ad they will not beable to relate to the accent and lyrics.
Ethnicity- london/sri lanken.
Building, cities, streets 'working class'
Non diajietic sound.
Shots- closeup of singer importance.
shots of cds, clothes, shoes, money to sinigy whats important.
Long shot of crowd of people- multi ethnic communtiy.
SLANG. KKKKAA CHING -younger audience.- weed, bombs.
BLINK 182 rockshow


Soft rock.
Home videod/ live footage makes the audience feel more comfortable and if theyre actualy part of the video.
shots of audience at a live gig to make the audience want to be there and draw them in.
shots of guitar/drums to show the importance of the music..a ket factor in rock.
Close up shots of main singer, the main appeal to the band for female audiences
Eccentric acts, shaving hair off, dropping cars, girls in bikins (Male audience) stereotypical crazy popstars. Fast editing, quick shots.
The genre appeals to the male audience however the narrative and lyrics about a girl appeals to the female audience as they want to to be that girl.
Florence and the machine 'the drumming song'


Genre:pop
Mise en scene: vintage clothing (female audience fashion forward!)
Church location- religious theme however florence and back up dancers are exposing their bodies (male gaze) signifies rebellious modern age against god.
Black represents seriousnesss of song and mood, as black is only worn in churches for funerals.
Shots -longshots of florence and dancers to show theatrical movements for effect.
Close up shots - passion and anger.
Jamie-t Salvador


Pop/Indie Rock
Location:Nightime road/darkness with truck light behind sense of being followed but isolated..slightly mysterious
Young boy in video acts as a younger Jamie.t possibly as her appears in the beginning suggests that the themes in the narrative are experienced all the way through your life.
British accent- british audience preffered reading!
Shouty/slightly angry voice- male audience rather than female as very masculin and harsh.
Shots- tracking of boy down road and long shots as there are very eccentric and loud movement and dance moves.
A theme invloved in the lyrics is 'Love' however singing about a girl which would attract a female audience.
Teenage Dreams -Katy Perry


Genre:Pop
Location:America signified by the highway, red indian headband etc,
'Teenage dreams' lyrics related to youth and everyday themes 'love' 'happiness'
Exposed women 'Male Gaze' appeals to male audience.
Shirtless men- female attraction,
The narrative of the romance attracts eveyrone, everyones ideology that people want, they want to be the couple in the video.
Dancing in the street and jumping in pools- rebellious acts singifys modern age, as they wouldnt be as common or acceptable in the past.
Shots- closeup of Katy Perry and man being affectionate as couple to show emotion.
Eccentric clothing, hairstyles and tattoos to show freedom...wind blowing in hair to show freedom also.
Kate Nash 'foundations'



Genre: Pop
London accent- preffered reading to british audience, may not attract a global audience due to the accent,
English slang also used in lyrics 'fitter' and english sarcasm 'yeah intelligent input darling' appeals again to british audiences , european may not get it.
Narrative storyline appeals to female audience as it deals with everyday issues, breaking up with a boyfriend but not wanting too 'real life and relatable'.
Shots of singer 'to show facial expression and emotion.
Mise en scene: average household, mess, clutter and person items which is relatable to a wide audience of any class of wealth or family household.
Two shot of couple sat at opposite ends of the table to signify distance.
Evryday items such as toothbrush and socks are used as an example of the couple fighting perhaps to show immaturity of the relationship as they cannot communicate with eachother directly or perhaps how wide on the scale the couple have grown apart and its effecting the world around them.
Fridge full of beer signys and issue that many households can relate to, a sterotypical guy.

Rihanna- love the way you lie

Robyn Rihanna Fenty, better known as the R&B artist Rihanna was born on Februrary 20th 1988 in Saint Micheal. Barbados. At the age of 16 she moved the the U.S under guidance of record producer Evan Rodgers, where she went on the sign a contract with Def Jam records.
   In 2005 Rihanna released her debut album, 'Music of the sun' which peaked to the top ten of the top two hundred billboard chart. In 2006 she then went on to release her second album 'A girl like me", which produced her number one U.S hit 'SOS'. The third album IN 2007 'Good girl gone bad" produced 5 top 10 hits. Rihanna has gone on to sell six number one singles and recieved several accolades including the 2007 world music awards for 'Worlds best performing female artist' and 'Female entertainer of the year' along with picking some awards up at the 2008 american music awards and grammys. Rihanna is often associated with celebrity acts such as Katy Perry, The Dream, Jay-z and Ne-yo, along with her very public relationsip with singer Chris Brown and split from him ending in domestic violence.

Up and coming horror films 2011- magazine cover research.

When considering my ancillary tasks, I needed to consider feature stories which would go on the cover of my magazine, I used sites such as IMDB and the Horror genre blog, provided from my media teacher to help with my research.


SCREAM 4.(official site)

Information source 

Sidney Presscot (Neve Campbell), now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsbro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sherrif Dewey (David Arquette) and Gale (Courtney Cox), who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill (Emma Roberts) and her Aunt Kate (Mary McDonnell), Unfortunately, Sidney's appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsbro in danger.

Release Date: April 15th, 2011

Current Status: Post-production

Language: English

MPAA RATING: R 'strong bloody violence, language and some teen drinking'

Jeepers Creeps III
Set 23 years after the previous film, we follow Trish Jenner (Gina Phillips), who now a mother. Realizing that the return of the Creeper is just around the corner, she negins to have terrible recurring nightmares of her own teenage son confronting the creature and suffering the same fate as her deceased brother. Now a rich and powerful woman, she's determined to finally put an end to the Creeper once and for all.

Release Date: N/A
Current Status: In Development
Language: English
Produced by: American Zoetrope
MPAA RATING: N/A
Written by: victor Salva
Starring: Jonathon Breck.


Underworld 4: New Dawn.  (IMDB)


Release Date: January 20, 2012
Current Status: Pre-production
Language: English
Produced by: Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment
MPAA: N/A
DIRECTED BY: MANS MARLIND, BJORN STEIN
Written by: J.Micheal Straczynski, John Hlavin.

Final destination 5. 


Release date: August 26. 2011
Current Status: In-production
Language: English
Produced by: New-line cinema, Practical pictures
MPAA RATING: N/A
DIRECTED BY: STEVEN QUALE
WRITTEN BY: ERIC HEISSERER


In this fifth installment Death is just as omnipresent as ever and is unleashed after one man's premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But these unsuspecting souls were never supposed to survive, and in terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Death's sinister agenda.


More information sources: Onlinemovieshut.com